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USER’S GUIDE:
GAMEBREAKER TRIVIA CHALLENGE
MODEL NO.: NF-05
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ongratulations on your purchase of NFL GameBreaker Trivia, an innovative Cboard game for football fans that will challenge your knowledge of NFL trivia and test your coaching ability. Like a real game of football, it will take knowledge, nerves and strategy to emerge victorious! Your NFL GameBreaker Trivia tin includes: Football Field Game Board (1) Football Game Piece (1) First-Down Marker (1) Trivia Cards (250) Kicking Cards (32) Penalty Cards (10) Defense Cards (10) Special Teams Spinner
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GETTING STARTED OBJECT OF THE GAME The rules of the game are based on NFL NUMBER OF PLAYERS football rules. The object of the game is to move the ball down the fi eld to score points. Just like in real football, NFL GameBreaker The team with the most points at the end of a Trivia is played with two teams, Home and 4-quarter game (plus sudden-death overtime Away. NFL GameBreaker Trivia is recommend- if necessary) is the winner. ed for 2 to 8 players, but you can play with as many people as
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CARD LAYOUTS TRIVIA CARDS Question Multiple Choice Question Type Answers Correct Answer Highlighted in Yellow Play Result DEFENSE CARDS GAMEBREAKER CARD Defensive Play Call Off ensive Play Calls Defensive Eff ect KICKING CARDS NFL Team (Questions relate Field Goal to this team) Questions Extra Point Question 2-Point Conversion Question 4
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BOARD SETUP LENGTH OF THE GAME Before the game, all cards should be shuffl ed There are two ways todetermine the length of and placed face-down in the locations marked your game: Play Limited and Time Limited. on the game board. Play Limited • Trivia Cards should be shuffl ed and placed face down in the location marked on the Length of the game is determined by the total board. number of plays in a quarter. Teams may agree to any length of game, but standard game • Penalty Cards should be s
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TIME OUTS • When the question is answered (correctly or incorrectly), the card should be placed at the Time Outs are important in a Time-Limited bottom of the deck. Game. When a Time Out is called, it should stop the Game Clock and should reset the Play • Only the designated Off ensive Team Captain Clock. For a standard game, each team should can provide the fi nal answer. be limited to 3 Time Outs per half. * In the case of a GameBreaker (see page 9 DEFENSIVE DELAY OF GAME for explanation)
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HALFTIME: If a second overtime period is required, the team that kicked to start the fi rst overtime This is a great time to get snacks, refi ll drinks, should receive the ball to start the second. or study up on Super Bowl-winning QBs! Continue alternating the overtime kickoff until one team wins the game. 3RD QUARTER: OFFENSE The 2nd Half begins with a kickoff . The team that received the ball to start the game must The off ensive team must try to work its way kick off to start the 2nd hal
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FIRST AND TEN The defense should try to predict the off ensive play call. Choose wisely and you will reduce The off ense has 4 plays to gain 10 yards and the number of yards the off ense can gain. earn a new set of downs. When the off ense Choose poorly and the off ense will rack up successfully gains 10 yards within those extra yardage. plays, a new set of downs is awarded, and the off ense continues play on 1st down, with 10 Let’s take a look at the standard defense cards yards to go. If th
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GAMEBREAKER! The GameBreaker can be played any time a team is on defense. Once a team has played The GameBreaker card provides the Defense the GameBreaker card 3 times (for standard an opportunity to cause a turnover. If the games), it is removed from the defensive deck defense chooses to play a GameBreaker card, it and cannot be played again. is placed face down on the board, just like any other defensive play. As soon as the off ense SPECIAL TEAMS announces its play, the defensive team
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Onside Kicks If the ball is punted into the end zone and the receiving team calls for a Fair Catch, the result An Onside Kick is a special kickoff in which the of the play is a Touchback and the off ense ball is kicked a shorter distance than normal in takes over on its own 20-yard line. order for the kicking team to attempt to regain possession of the ball. If the result of the punt is that the game piece moves deeper than 10 yards past the goal line, In NFL GameBreaker Trivia, the kicking
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After the Kick GAME VARIATIONS When a Field Goal is successful, the successful NFL GameBreaker Trivia can also be adapted team must kick off to the opposing team. See to any number of mini-games and short chal- page 9 for Kickoff Rules. lenges. Players are encouraged to come up with their own rules, but here are a few games When a Field Goal is unsuccessful, the team you might have fun trying: that was on Defense takes possession of the ball at the spot of the kick, which is 7 yards MINIC
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Long Passing Mini-Camp THE RED ZONE If you’re a trivia Pro Bowler, this is the drill for Yards get tougher to come by in the Red Zone, you! Complete Long Passes to drive the ball those fi nal, perilous 20 yards before the end down the fi eld and score touchdowns. The zone. The Red Zone challenge game will test player who scores the most touchdowns in 5 your skill in this hotly contested area. Flip a possessions is the winner. coin to see who will go fi rst; players will alter- nate turns. Th
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90-DAY LIMITED WARRANTY EXCALIBUR ELECTRONICS, INC., warrants to the original consumer that its products are free from any electrical or mechanical defects for a period of 90 DAYS from the date of purchase. If any such defect is discovered within the warranty period, EXCALIBUR ELECTRONICS, INC., will repair or replace the unit free of charge upon receipt of the unit, shipped postage prepaid and insured to the factory address below. The warranty covers normal consumer use and does n
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NOTES “Most football teams are temperamental. That’s 90% temper and 10% mental.” —Doug Plank 14
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NOTES “Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.” —Frank Giff ord 15
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